Old English Dictionary Entry

íren-helm

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 íren-helm

m. An iron helmet :-- Írenhelm [or íren helm; but cf. preceding compounds] cassis, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 14; Wrt. Voc. 35, 4. [Cf. Icel. járn-hattr a kind of helmet.] iren-helm

Similar Words

-íge
-íwness
-íþan
-íþian
-íþrian

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚱᛖᚾ-ᚻᛖᛚᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Icel.: Icelandic

Works & Authors

Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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